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Hiro's Song Lyrics
My Name is Hiro I am 51
Since 1980 life has been no fun
And I don't want to die
I left my family for the secretary
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Her name is Yuko she is 22
She and my daughter were best friends in High School
They say I'm crazy and it's temporary
But I refuse to rot like my contemporaries
I wanna explode
In a Karaoke Supernova
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode?
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explo-o-ode?
In a Karaoke Supernova, yeah
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Last night she dressed me up in hip-hop pants
The phat g-style that rides below your ass
She wants to show me to her mom and dad
I told her I would not be down with that
'Cause lately I can feel the years between us
And hope to God that friends at work don't see us
Tonight she asked me if I've ever seen Jesus
'Cause she had backstage passes for three of us
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode?
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explo-o-ode?
In a Karaoke Supernova, yeah
So now she's gone and broke my heart goddamn her
Turns out she's been fucking this drum programmer
She likes his style, she likes his rock start glamour
Well she's an infant, he can damn well have her!
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
In a Karaoke Supernova
Shouted in outro:
Alright, alright bring the saxes in.
That's good, keep it up
OK some more on the drums... bring in the tambourine!
Yeah, shit yeah!
More shit!
C'mon bring in some more shit!
Baby c'mon!
Alright!
It's all, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all me baby! C'mon!
Yeah!
Since 1980 life has been no fun
And I don't want to die
I left my family for the secretary
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
She and my daughter were best friends in High School
They say I'm crazy and it's temporary
But I refuse to rot like my contemporaries
In a Karaoke Supernova
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode?
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explo-o-ode?
In a Karaoke Supernova, yeah
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
The phat g-style that rides below your ass
She wants to show me to her mom and dad
I told her I would not be down with that
And hope to God that friends at work don't see us
Tonight she asked me if I've ever seen Jesus
'Cause she had backstage passes for three of us
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode?
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explo-o-ode?
In a Karaoke Supernova, yeah
Turns out she's been fucking this drum programmer
She likes his style, she likes his rock start glamour
Well she's an infant, he can damn well have her!
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
I don't wanna grow old
Won't you let me, Won't you let me explode
In a Karaoke Supernova
Alright, alright bring the saxes in.
That's good, keep it up
OK some more on the drums... bring in the tambourine!
Yeah, shit yeah!
More shit!
C'mon bring in some more shit!
Baby c'mon!
Alright!
It's all, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all me baby! C'mon!
Yeah!
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I think this song is really really cool. all of ben folds songs have meanings and im glad to see that not all of them are about cheesey love problems. i mean, this one is about a love problem, but its not a common one and oh i dont know what im talking about. ben folds rocks my world.
my band got a new director and hes such a jerk. and this song is him. he's 51 and his new wife and daughter were friends in high school. my friends and i love this song and ben folds rocks. he's such an awesome artist.
when i die, i hope i'm blown to pieces in a karaoke supernova...this song fucking owns! anyways, that's what i think...
Nice. Yeah, this could be a lot of people in this day and age. I really like when he says, "But she's an infant, he can damn well have her!" And then it has a goofy drum fill, obviously to signify what the drum programmer does. Also, the shouting, BRING IN SOME MORE SHIT! Is always nice to have. I love it when they rock.
Hiro=Hero? Anyone else catch this? Of course it's the ultimate in irony because he's such an anti-hero.
um, yeah paulcole, it's probably more to signify that the guy is japanese or something like that. Notice his girl was named Yuko. And it's no secret that karaoke is pretty big in japan. What relevance this has to the song, I have no idea...
Well the song was only on the Japanese version of Rockin' the Suburbs.
Blur also put out a song a few years ago called 'Yuko & Hiro' Connections....
I think paulcole has a point. It does signify that the guy is Japanese but there's no rule stating that Hiro's name can't serve two purposes in this song.
I would assume there's more of a connection between this and the Blur song than the Hiro/Hero metaphor. I like this song, but I think the whole "bring in the sax" part is kind of dumb sounding, because you know he did it all with synthesizers.